English
Etymology
The Sun was in the constellation Capricorn at the December solstice when it was named.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Tropic of Capricorn
- (geography) The parallel of latitude 23°26′ south of the equator, marking the southern boundary of the tropics; the sun is directly overhead at the December solstice.
- Synonym: Southern Tropic
- Coordinate term: Tropic of Cancer
Usage notes
The position is not fixed, but constantly changes because of axial precession in the Earth's longitudinal alignment (precession of the equinoxes).
Translations
the parallel south of the equator, marking the boundary of the tropics
- Afrikaans: Steenbokskeerkring
- Albanian: Tropiku i Bricjapit
- Arabic: مَدَار الْجَدْي m (madār al-jady)
- Armenian: հարավային արևադարձ (haravayin arewadarj)
- Basque: Kaprikornio tropikoa
- Belarusian: тропік Казярога m (trópik Kazjaróha), паўднёвы тропік m (pawdnjóvy trópik)
- Bulgarian: Тропик на Козирога m (Tropik na Koziroga)
- Burmese: တောင်ယဉ်စွန်းတန်း (taung-yanycwan:tan:)
- Catalan: tròpic de Capricorn m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 南回歸線 / 南回归线 (zh) (Nánhuíguīxiàn)
- Czech: obratník Kozoroha m
- Danish: Stenbukkens vendekreds c
- Dutch: Steenbokskeerkring (nl) m
- Esperanto: Tropiko de Kaprikorno
- Estonian: Kaljukitse pöörijoon
- Finnish: Kauriin kääntöpiiri (fi)
- French: tropique du Capricorne (fr) m
- Galician: Trópico de Capricornio m
- Georgian: სამხრეთი ტროპიკი (samxreti ṭroṗiḳi), თხის რქის ტროპიკი (txis rkis ṭroṗiḳi)
- German: südlicher Wendekreis m
- Greek: Τροπικός του Αιγόκερω m (Tropikós tou Aigókero)
- Hebrew: חוג הגדי (he) m (khúg ha'gdí)
- Hindi: मकर रेखा f (makar rekhā)
- Hungarian: Baktérítő (hu)
- Ido: Tropiko di Kaprikorno
- Indonesian: garis balik selatan (id)
- Irish: Trópaic an Ghabhair f
- Italian: Tropico del Capricorno m
- Japanese: 南回帰線 (ja) (みなみかいきせん, minami kaikisen)
- Kazakh: Оңтүстік тропик (Oñtüstık tropik)
- Korean: 남회귀선(南回歸線) (ko) (namhoegwiseon)
- Latvian: Dienvidu tropu loks m
- Lithuanian: Ožiaragio atogrąža f, Pietų atogrąža f
- Macedonian: јужен повратник m (južen povratnik)
- Malay: Garisan Jadi
- Manx: Çhyndaa yn Ghoayr m
- Māori: te ara o Rehua
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Stenbukkens vendekrets m
- Nynorsk: Steinbukken sin vendekrins m
- Persian: مدار رأسالجدی (madâr-e ra's-ol-jady)
- Polish: zwrotnik Koziorożca (pl) m
- Portuguese: Trópico de Capricórnio m
- Romanian: Tropicul Capricornului n
- Russian: тро́пик Козеро́га m (trópik Kozeróga), ю́жный тро́пик m (júžnyj trópik)
- Scottish Gaelic: Crìoch Dheas na Grèine f, Tropaig a' Ghobhair f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: јужни повратник m, Јарчева обратница f
- Latin: južni povratnik m, Jarčeva obratnica f
- Slovak: Obratník Kozorožca m
- Slovene: Kozorogov povratnik (sl) m
- Spanish: trópico de Capricornio m
- Swedish: Stenbockens vändkrets c
- Tagalog: Tropiko ng Kaprikorniyo
- Telugu: మకరరేఖ (te) (makararēkha)
- Thai: ทรอปิกออฟแคปริคอร์น (trɔɔ-bpìk-ɔɔf-kɛ̂ɛp-rík-ɔɔrn)
- Turkish: Oğlak dönencesi (tr)
- Ukrainian: тро́пік Козоро́га m (trópik Kozoróha), півде́нний тро́пік m (pivdénnyj trópik)
- Vietnamese: chí tuyến Nam (誌線南)
- Welsh: Trofan yr Afr m
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